Theater tragedy victims hire Casey Anthony’s attorney for lawsuits

AURORA, Colo. — The mother of a woman who lost her life as well as a man who was wounded in the Aurora theater tragedy a month ago have obtained the counsel of the lawyer who led Casey Anthony’s defense team. Both could be filing lawsuits soon.

Attorney Jose Baez, who secured a not-guilty verdict for Anthony in a well-publicized murder trial regarding the death of her 2-year-old daughter Caylee a year ago, is now representing Shirley Wygal, the mother of Rebecca Wingo, and Marcus Weaver, who was shot in the shoulder during the attack and with Wingo when she died.

At the time of that previous statement, Wygal said she had obtained legal counsel headed by a different attorney, Keith Davidson, and that she was going to “weigh” her “legal options.”

Jose Baez, left, was the defense attorney that got Casey Anthony, right, acquitted in a murder trial regarding the death of her 2-year-old daughter Caylee (Credit: CNN).

Wygal has has said she believes the theater’s exit doors should have been alarmed, or there should have been security guards posted next to them for a premiere as anticipated as “The Dark Knight Rises.”

“If an entity had an obligation to protect the innocent and did not, then every survivor and loved one left behind must hold them accountable,” Wygal told TMZ. “The first step is a timely and thorough investigation. I’ve engaged a firm large enough to help us all.”